U.S.A. - Rest. In. Peace.

[civilwestman]

Only it will be neither “restful” nor “peaceful”. Make no mistake, Justice Robert Jackson dissented in 1949 insisting the Constitution is “not a suicide pact”. He was referring to the Bill of Rights. Turns out, Jackson was wrong. Roberts’ majority announced today, quite definitively, that the Constitution is, indeed a suicide pact. The only difference - predictably - once “substantive due process” ate the entire document, is that it turned out 14th amendment “construction” is what turned out to be the suicidal destruction.

Who, besides an american (sic) lawyer appointed to an appellate court, could possibly believe that every member of the human race, has the inalienable right to create a US citizen by merely arranging a birth within the territory of the United States. Does anyone seriously believe the framers of the 14th amendment meant to confer birthright citizenship on millions of illegal aliens, as has been fostered in unprecedented fashion by the left - for the nefarious purpose of replacement of the native voters - since the mid 20th century? Make no mistake - this is an exclamation point on the statement “America is done”. Just look over the horizon to the future. You will see England, as it give up the ghost about a single generation ahead of us. When I consider the centuries of blood and treasure expended to create what we once had and the utter cravenness with which it has been surrendered by so-called “elites”, I am literally sickened.

It is no longer even imaginable that what we once had can be redeemed peacefully - if indeed, it can be reclaimed at all; I doubt that can happen. The left has succeeded in just over a century in terminating the entire American experiment. Interesting that legalized abortion was a significant way station along that path. Canada kills its citizens with “medical care” called MAID. Progressives have killed the entire US under the banner of “empathy”. SCOTUS made that official today. Another day that will live in infamy.

I most regret that my children and grandchildren will suffer the likely rebirth of regular historical horrors, from which only my generation, it seems, was largely spared.

[civilwestman]

Here’s a clear, scholarly, honest analysis of the category error the majority’s decision made. In short, it traced its view to ancient English law of jus soli, allegiance to the king in a feudal system through birth. This is beyond ironic in today’s context. Eastman cites Justice Thomas’ dissent pointing out the glaringly obvious fact that it was precisely the English understanding of citizenship which was rejected by both the Declaration of Independence, The Constitution as well as the Civil War (Lincoln’s writings). That’s as big a category error as is possible. It is hard to ascribe a benign motive to such a considered act.

[Gavin]

Don’t get too discouraged, old friend! The Democrat legal Establishment (remember when we were young and we all despised the Establishment?) overturned an Executive Order. All that did was save the next Democrat president from having to reverse President Trump’s E.O., which she would undoubtedly have done.

As so often these days, the problem lies not in ourselves but in our “Congress”. Just think about requiring honest elections – something which is overwhelmingly popular with the US population. But the totally-unrepresentative Republicrat-run “Congress” cannot pass the SAVE Act.

A genuinely-representative Congress could pass a law to make citizenship dependent on the citizenship of the parents – a law which incidentally would bring the US belatedly into line with the law in most of the members of the UN. (Remember when Democrats were all for making US laws similar to the laws in other countries?). In fact, the Democrats (yes, the Democrats) tried to pass such a law back in 1993, but the bill languished in committee.

INEVITABILITY ☙ Wednesday, July 1, 2026 ☙ C&C NEWS

Any person born after the date of enactment of this title to a mother who is neither a citizen of the United States nor admitted to the United States as a lawful permanent resident… shall be considered as born subject to the jurisdiction of that foreign country and not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States within the meaning of Section 1 of the 14th Amendment and shall therefore not be a citizen of the United States."

Once again, we face the real issue which is bringing the US down – “Congress” is totally unrepresentative. “Congress” is the weakest link. So what are we going to do about it?

[civilwestman]

I’m pretty sure that whether or not the IRS will try to collect the income taxes due from ALL citizens, regardless of residence or domicile, and regardless of where earned - for the entire life of the “citizen”- will depend on who the president happens to be at the time (and, of course, how long the litigation takes). The collection efforts (and their intensity), I’m pretty sure is within the lawful reach of presidential orders. (S)he’s the head of the IRS and all the other, federal agencies after all. Is this any way to run a country?

ADDENDUM: Given the obvious preferential treatment of illegals in numerous domains of law (viz. flying with no ID - at taxpayer expense to boot; not facing prosecution for working without SS#'s or without filing income tax at all, obtaining various health/welfare services ultimately at taxpayer expense, etc. etc.). The Roberts court says, in effect, the world at large has a right to bring a child into the world on US soil, and create a long chain of citizens thereby (ostensibly “relatives”), There is nothing to prevent all these people from registering to vote in any large city - controlled top to bottom, legislative, executive and judicial - by democrats who ALL want them to vote and who ALL act to give them every possible welfare benefit. The slightest peep of saying any of this out loud results in the loud “racism” accusations, as if fraud could not possibly occur in any dem-controlled (redundant, I know) city. We, the taxpayers, enjoy the “right” to pay scores or hundreds by now, of billions of dollars to pay for all this largess (and for the litigation both in favor of and in opposition to it. Talk about “UNSUSTAINABLE”!

[civilwestman]

I continue to think about this and to despair. It occurs to me that this opinion is so pernicious, precisely because politics is downstream from culture. To see the extent to which cultural rot has advanced, just look over the majority opinion. At a time when Trump is being attacked with “no kings” rhetoric, the opinion overturns his Presidential order by rooting itself, where? In feudal powers of 17th & 18 century kings of England - precisely what America rejected, beginning with the Declaration of Independence; reinforced by the congressional authors of the 14th Amendment (and not referenced by Roberts).

In addition, we are living in an era of unprecedented cultural schism, now to be steadily intensified by the votes (legal or not, because of the leftist juggernaut in every major city are daily working to register every illegal they can to vote, because there exist, in cities, no officials who oppose doing this). And who are these new voting additions to American culture? Are they wanting to assimilate, to become Americans like past legal immigrants? They are not; they remain in ghettos where it isn’t even necessary to learn English - the gateway to assimilation. Actually, our leftist betters constantly preach the superiority of foreign cultures. This applies especially to Islamic “migration”. These civic preachers, our betters, conveniently ignore the overriding political nature of Islam and speak of it as though it were solely a personal belief system which is politically no different from Christianity.

Thus, truth has been incrementally excised from culture, aided and abetted by this opinion. In closing, I want to recall what may be a surprising fact: the Bolsheviks, in successfully deposing the Tsar in the Russian Revolution and founding the USSR, constituted 20,000 party members which grew to only 200,000 in 2017. This, in a country of 140 million! In other words, a very small minority can impose its will on an un-resisting culture when the cultural institutions either aid and abet or fail to resist. Sound familiar yet? Do you suppose modern communications (internet and anti-social media) makes such revolutions harder or easier to accomplish?

It is in this context of social fraying (or is it frank and active dissolution?), that the supreme court (sic) adds the cultural burden of millions (and millions more when the next Marxist-leaning democrat becomes president) more - of people with no roots in this culture loudly express their allegiance - not to their generous hosts - but to the very political ideals they purportedly fled - almost entirely as supposed political “refugees”!! The only difference is that here they will be instilled with the illusion that, they will be the ones with political power. Again, I say, UNSUSTAINABLE in anything vaguely resembling its Constitutional form. Adios individual rights, privacy, limited government, consent of the governed. The very notion of citizenship has been deleted by the supreme court (sic). Sick.

[Gavin]

@civilwestman

a very small minority can impose its will on an un-resisting culture

That very small minority controls our utterly unrepresentative “Congress”. And yet the obvious failure of the institution of “Congress” is not even a topic of discussion – neither in polite circles nor in impolite circles.

[drlorentz]

Simply stated…

“The rest of your life will be defined by whether you and your friends can be indifferent to the tears of women and foreigners.”

- John Doyle pic.twitter.com/RMrscvlGzD

— John Doyle Clips (@DoyleClips) July 1, 2026